The rarest Astros are ones that don't work... apparently.

[Paul]

This is on ebay:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TWO-MATHMOS-MESH-MAT-ASTROS-VERY-RARE_W0QQite...|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

The seller claims the lamps are very rare as they contain a heat mat instead of a coil and therefore (as stated by mathmos) don't even work.

Just thought I'd share as it made me laugh.

I have a couple of telstar bottles with the mat in them, they don't work very well but they are yours for £500!

[Paul]

The best bit is the E-mail from mathmos that says the lamps are practically useless, that’s a plus point that adds rarity according to the seller.

[john]

i had the green one recently and resold it on ebay. mine did work but takes longer to heatup. I don't think this is that rare and if they don't work why bid.

[Orbitz]

I just saw and immediately went here to write about it. The seller was right about one thing though; everybody on ebay claims their lamps are rare, when they are in fact not. I just hope no one bids on these without reading the description properly.

[Bianca]

I have this mesh and coil on my 1st ever lamp the orange astro

[fog rider]

That's hilarious.
The seller berates other sellers for describing common lamps as "rare", then proceeds to describe his own two common useless lamps as "rare".
Why would I collect a defective lamp? Just because Mathmos made a few duds doesn't make them rare.
If the seller wants, maybe he would like to trade his "rare" non-functioning Mathmos lamps for some "rare" cloudy non-functioning Lava brand lamps that I have kicking around the house. I was going to toss them out, but maybe I should post them for sale on e-Bay. ;)
I love how he says "I know these are going to be EXTREMELY popular with collectors". Well here's news for him: NOT with this collector!